The murphy Surname

murphy Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha ‘descendant of Murchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements muir ‘sea’ + cath ‘battle’, i.e. ‘sea-warrior’. This was an important family in Tyrone.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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murphy Family Facts

Emigration Year (AU)Emigration Year (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of murphy Families in the US in 1920

Number of murphy families

4422-8841

1475-4421

1-1474

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Murphy's of Innishannon, Cork	Dan Murphy	11
links in Cork	nevsue112	0
Jesse Washington Murphy	labethmyers_1	0
Bartholomew T. Murphey	tdmoore5	0
Ellen (Helen) Elizabeth Murphy	patsyschirmer	0
Margaret (Maggie) Murphy MA. PA	ronfletcher48	0
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Thomas Murphy abt 1831, Dublin	FIGINGE	0
Patrick John Murphy and Unknown Brother	jenniealice1357	2

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